I have cultivated my hysteria with terror and delight. – Charles Baudelaire
That dead wife
ain’t coming back to you.
He didn’t know
if he heard the words right.
Didn’t know
if any of his wives were dead
or alive.
Except this one right here.
One wife is plenty.
Recently discussed the idea of another bride.
Just for the weekend.
The young redhead said something sweet like
we could think about it.
But not two more wives, she said,
that would be crazy.
She’s trying to trick me, he thought.
What’s your angle?
She gave him a look he recognized
from last night’s National Geographic Special.
Anything happens to you, she said,
your new bride can be my alibi.